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WORLDSISTINE CEREM ON IES: Site of services for Pope Paul VIbecomes the focust this week on the private conclave of theCollege of Cardinals, whose deliberations will produce a newpope to lead the world%u2019s 700 million Roman Catholics. As inthe past, puffs of smoke from a chimney high above St.Peter%u2019s will announce the result of each ballot: black smokemeans disagreement, white smoke signals the new pope%u2019selection. [Sipa Press/Black Star photo]Pope Choice Deadline NearsBY JOHN S. TU RCO TTIn three days%u2014 on August 25 at 5 p.m . to be exact%u2014 111 members o f the College o f Cardinals will walk into the Sistine Chapel in Rome to begin their deliberations to determine who will becom e the new leader for the world%u2019 s 700- m illion R om an C a th olics. O n ce inside, the chapel will be sealed and the prelates will remain cut off from the rest o f the world until%u2014 by a margin o f two-thirds plus one vote%u2014 they have chosen a successor to the throne o f St. Peter.A t least a dozen names, ranging geographically from the United States to Algeria, have been suggested as possible successors to Pope Paul VI, who died August 6. There is great speculation that a n onItalian cardinal may be elected for the first time since Adrian VI, a Dutchman, was selected in 1522.The four most discussed issues in the church today include the ordination o f wom en; married clergy; birth control, and divorce. All candidates have taken a stand on those issues, but one other issue is perhaps more important: whether the next Pope will continue the attempts made by Paul VI to lesson tension between the Vatican and the C om %u00admunist world.The Communist issue is splitting the church, giving credence to fanatics such as Archbishop LeFevbre, a right-winger who has started up a splinter group which can best be described as pre-Vatican II.It is widely regarded among Catholics that one cannot be both a Catholic and a Communist. Said the Rev. David Hare, former assistant national director for social ministry for the Jesuit Order in America, currently teaching political science in Massachusetts: %u201c The next Pope probably will go either one way or another, and that decision is crucial to the future o f church relations with the Communist w orld.%u201dThus, the chances o f the next Pope com ing from anywhere but Italy are slim. Since the main issue is international affairs, it is apparent that whoever becomes P ope, probably will have worked in the Vatican Curia and been trained in Vatican diplom acy.This apparent prerequisite disqualifies nine o f the 10 American cardinals, not one o f whom, with the exception o f John Francis Dearden, archbishop o f Detroit, whose poor health excludes him, is significantly qualified for the post. John Joseph Wright, prefect o f the Sacred Congregation in Rome and thehighest ranking American cardinal, has been mentioned as a possible d a rk -h orse can didate, but his poor health will not even allow him to attend the conclave.A m ong the cardinals named as favorites are Sergio Pignedoli, Pericele Felici, Giovanni C olum bo, A lbin o Luciani, M ichele Peligrino, A ntonio Pom a, Corrado Ursi, Sebastiano Baggio and Giovanni Benelli, all from Italy.A m ong those from elsewhere are Edouardo Pironio, born in Argentina o f Italian parents; Franz Koenig o f Austria; Johannes W illebrands o f the Netherlands; Leon Duval, the Fresh-born Archbishop o f Algiers, and A loisio Lorscheider o f Brazil.Since P ope Paul%u2019s death, all o f these men have been discussed at length in ecclesiastical circles, and will no doubt be discussed at the conclave. However, according to Vatican observers, even though many non-Italian names will be brought up at the conclave, three cardinals %u2014 all Italian %u2014 are the true candidates, and will be the ones to emerge in the final stretch for the Papacy. They are:%u2022 Sebastiano Baggio, 65, politically-minded, schrewd and smooth.A man with broad diplom atic experience, he is a powerful member o f the Curia, though virtually unknown%u2014 as was A ngelo Roncalli b e fo r e h e b e ca m e P op e John XXIII%u2014 outside eclesiastical circles. He is considered a conservative, a superb diplomat, and is prefect o f the Sacred Congregation o f Bishops and a m em ber o f four other Curia Departments.%u2022 Giovanni Benelli, 57, appointed Archbishop o f Florence by Pope Paul in 1977. Unlike Baggio, Benelli now has a home base, and some Vatican observers believe that the appointment was made for that reason. Formerly Pope Paul%u2019s chief o f staff, he was a strict administrator who controlled the Curia. Benelli carried many diplom atic assignments in Europe, South Am erica, New York (U .N .), Teheran and Africa. A skilled mediator (he was responsible for averting a progressive/conservative Jesuit split several years ago) he nonetheless has made many enem ies within the Curia, who hold his age%u2014 perceived as young for a Pope%u2014 against him.%u2022Sergio Pignedoli, 67, president o f th e S ecreta ria t fo r N on - Christians, has visited 156 countries as re p re se n ta tiv e o f theVatican and is considered a careful diplomat. M ore than perhaps any o th e r ca n d id a te , h e w ou ld b e acceptable as Pope for the growing Third W orld block o f cardinals. A strong believer in social justice and exhibiting a real concern for the poor, he is considered a progressive.The deliberation process is expected t o %u2018 be long as there is no clear-cut favorite. Since Vatican II in the early 1960%u2019s, the church has broken down into several rifts, o f %u00adten clashing quite dissonantly with one another.%u201c The church moves slowly%u201d %u2019 said a New York Jesuit yesterday. %u201c It never adm its that it m akes a mistake such as in the encyclical Humanae Vitae (O n Human Life) that brought about such a controversy in 1968. It sim p ly, after a while, forgets it and moves on through the ages with careful deliberation and caution.%u201dW rote Hans Kung, the brilliant liberal Swiss theologian, in his book On Being A Christian, two years ago:%u201c Naturally, there is a reaction to Vatican II. It was expected. But the Church today can never go back to whai it was before that necessary con vocation .%u201dHANOI%u2014 Eight visiting United States Congressm en w ere given an unusually courteous reception here yesterday. The Am ericans, seeking further information about the hundreds o f United States servicem en still officially listed as missing in action after the Indochina W ar, were told that the Vietnamese would help as much as they could in finding the missing servicem en. Hanoi also recently dropped its previous dem ands for $5 billion in war reparations to help rebuild the war-ravaged country. That action has been taken as a signal that Hanoi is eager to open diplomatic relations with W ashington.BEIRUT%u2014 Two Israeli warplanes strafed a Palestinian base and a re fu g e e cam p south o f B eirut yesterday. The Israelis, who said the attack involved only machinegun and rocket fire and no bom bs, was in reprisal for a Palestinian guerilla attack on an El A1 Airlines crew bus in London over the weekend. A Palestinian splinter group has claim ed responsibility for the El A1 incident. The Israeli response was m ore restrained than other recent attacks. Sources in Tel Aviv sugested that this was further evidence that the Israeli Government was anxious not to raise Arab anger too greatly in advance o f the Cam p David summit next month.ROM E%u2014 Italian police were sum %u00adm oned yesterday to the C zechoslovak Embassy to rem ove young Italian leftists who had broken into the institution. The invaders said they were protesting the continued presence o f Soviet forces in C zechoslovakia. This week marks the 10th anniversary o f the 1968 Soviet invasion o f that country.GENEVA%u2014 The Salvation Army has announced that it is leaving the W orld Council o f Churches in a dispute over a grant to black guerrillas waging war against the interim Rhodesia governm ent led by white Prime M inister Ian Smith. The world council recently authorize d an $80,000 gra n t to th e guerrillas, but it was not the first time the council had taken such action. In recent years it gave help to nationalist groups in Angola, M ozam bique and Guinea-Bissau, am ong others.Management Report Says City Just OkayCONTINUEDmonths o f the Beame Administration and the opening months o f its successor, and shows, am ong its major highlights:PARKS DEPARTM ENT: Parks are in disrepair, due to vandalism and low em ployee productivity. Hazardous glass is on one o f every four hard top playgrounds. One o f every five pieces o f playground equipment is broken. These conditions exist mostly in low incom e and poverty areas. Community cooperation is necessary to allow the department to cope with vandalism.PO LIC E D E P A R T M E N T : T he uniformed force is shrinking; by 400 men through attrition, and an estim a ted i , i u 0 m ore oy next M ay. M ore one-officer patrol cars, and hirings o f civilians to replace desk cops, will be required to achieve %u201c patrol presence.%u201d Limits on assignment o f cops to decoy sq u a d s h ave been lifte d , and arrests are expected to clim b. Cop absenteeism remains very high, about 6 .2 % . Precinct realignmenttentatively set for A ug. 1, 1979 in Brooklyn, Jan. 1, 1980 in M anhattan.SANITATION DEPARTM ENT%u2014Streets are dirtier and garbage collection lags due to equipm ent failures. Overaged and over used collection trucks and mechanical sw eepers break down frequently, causing a consistent shortage o f operable vehicles. Repair garages are inadequate and often structually u n sou n d , w ith m ech a n ics lacking minimal tools and equipment. In street cleanliness ratings, the citywide average was 1.41 on a scale o f 1 to 3. Lower scores mean g re a te r clea n lin e ss. B rooklyn Heights and Park SloDe scored 1.49 and 1.63, respectively. Districts above 1.50 failed to meet minimum levels. Greenwich Village districts received 1.50 and 1.55.FIRE D E P A R T M E N T %u2014 A b igdecrease in fires. Serious fires down 29% . Structural and nonstructural fires (indicators o f neighborhood stability) down 15% and20% respectively. Still, more than 100,000 fire s ta x ed m a n p ow er, req u irin g u n e x p e cte d o v ertim e expenditures. Arson arrests up 5 3 % . But false alarms increased sharply: 24% in a year, primarily from voice boxes. Manhattan and Brooklyn each to get two salvage work com panies.TRANSPORTATION DEPARTM ENT%u2014 25% o f parking meters are inoperative, causing a major %u201c rev en u e s h o r tfa ll.%u201d L itigation pending against repair contractor. Some 1,253 lane-m iles o f highways to be p a v e d , up 4 9 % . P lans underway for bike lane in Prospect Park. Traffic lights at 9,000 intercfctin n s to h e com p u terized for im proved traffic flow.PORT AND TERMINALS%u2014 $30million in start-up money due for im provem ents on Brooklyn waterfront. Project envisions new track, connections, fencing and right-ofway im provem ent. Ultimately, $28 million targeted for Bush Terminal area alone. Improvements to helpInternational Terminal Operators, the M oore-M cCorm ack Piers, the Northeast Marine Terminal, the Cooperative M eat M arket, and the Brooklyn Army Terminal.HUM AN R E S O U R C E S -T h ewelfare caseload is down 6% , saving $52 million. Face-to-face recertification closed 52,000 cases. Child support collections fell $5.3 m illion sh ort, due to lack o f cooperation by Family Court officials in issuing orders and warrants. Upcom ing%u2014 possible phase out o f troubled and nonsecure Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in the Bronx, in favor o f small, secure detention facilities in eachVtnmuoliHOUSING PRESERVATION%u2014 Unsafe buildings dem olished or sealed jum ped from 100 to 200 per month in a year, and the backlog continues to grow. Due to the complexity o f negotiations, few er 3% rehabilitation loans were granted than expected. Housing starts w ere also b elow ta rg et.Rage 4, T H E PHOENIX, August 22,1978